Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA)

Focus on innovative, replicable projects

The Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) funds innovative (re)development projects that efficiently link housing, jobs, services, and transit in an effort to create inspiring and lasting Livable Communities. Grants are available to fund basic public infrastructure and site assembly.

What makes a Livable Community?

This is where you come in. We can’t tell you how to innovate and inspire; we can’t tell you what brings your community to life. Of the 243 LCDA grants (totaling more than $130 million) that funded projects in 67 cities, no two have been identical. Successful LCDA projects: